How to install a Zebra thermal printer to Windows 10

In this video , I will be reviewing how to install your thermal printer to a windows based system .

The first step is to connect the power and communication cable to your computer and load the media .

In this demonstration , I will be setting up a zebra ZP 4 50 with a USB connection .

Next power on your printer and open up a browser window point it to www dot printer dot help choose option two for the driver wizard .

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Then select the brand of your printer .

In this case , we're setting up a zebra ZP 4 50 and click download after the file has downloaded , you can now extract the files to your desktop inside of the zip file .

You will find the driver , the manual and a sample print .

Double click on the driver file .

Accept the license agreement hit next , select a directory for extraction and run the wizard .

Some computers may ask for additional administrative access hit .

Yes , when the wizard loads hit next .

Now there's two options .

When the wizard starts , it will either find the printer automatically or we will have to pick it manually .

This first scenario , we will be finding it automatically click on zebra ZP 4 50 next .

Yeah , you can rename the printer .

If you'd like , then click next and then click finish .

The printer has been successfully installed .

In this scenario .

When windows does not automatically detect your printer , we will have to set it up manually for this .

Double click on the printer driver .

Agree to the license agreement , select a installation directory and run the wizard .

You may need to elevate your permissions .

Click on install printer drivers .

Now you can see the auto detect is not finding a printer , click on other and hit next .

Select your model .

This is where we need to pick our USB port manually .

In this example , I only have one USB port available .

So it is installed on that port and I simply select it .

You may have multiple USB ports in your setup and we will have to test those individually and I will show you how to do that later on in the video .

Select next , you can rename your printer if you'd like and hit finish had closed .

Now , we will need to verify that we have chosen the correct port .

Click on the start menu , set up type in printers and select printer and scanner .

Click on Bluetooth and other devices and then click on devices and printers .

Find your printer , select , see what's printing from there , click on properties general and test print .

If you have successfully printed .

That means your setup is almost complete .

If you did not get a successful test print , go to port , select a port hit , apply , go back to general and hit test print .

If nothing printed , you still did not find the correct USB port , cancel the current print , go back to ports and select another USB port .

In this scenario , I am selecting com ports for demonstration only .

You will be selecting other USB ports hit , apply on the next one .

Go back to general and hit test print .

You will need to cycle through the USB port until you have a successful print .

After you have found the correct USB , you will still have to do a few minor tweaks .

Go to general preferences , page setup , select your default paper size .

In my scenario , it's four by six , click on options and select the default darkness .

Choose 15 .

If you like it even darker , you could slow down the print to 3.0 or 2.0 hit apply and ok .

At this point , you have successfully set up your printer in your applications .

Just select the zebra ZP 4 50 CTP from the drop down menu .

Or if you have another model of printer , you would select that .

If you have any other questions , please hit our live chat or email me at support at thermal printer outlet dot com .